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RULE 18. 
Ball Striking Opponent, etc. 

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Playing Opponent's Ball. 

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8 General and through the Green. 

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Rules of the 
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Together with 

Recommendations, Form and Make of Golf Clubs, 

Etiquette, 

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Contents, 

Rules of the Game of Golf - - - - 1-19 

Recommendations - - - - - - 20 

Form and Make of Golf Clubs - . _ 20 

Etiquette -------- 21 

Special Rules for Match Play Competitions 22 

Rules for Three-Ball, Best Ball, and Four- 
Ball Matches ------ 23-25 

Special Rules for Stroke Competitions - - 26-32 



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Rules of the Game of Golf. 



Definitions. 

(1) A "side" consists either of one player or of two Side, 
players. If one player play against another, the match 

is called " a single." If two play against two, each 
side playing one ball, the match is called " a foursome." 
If one play against two playing one ball between them, the 
match is called " a threesome." 

(2) " Advice" is any counsel or suggestion which could Advice. 
influence a player in determining the line of play, in the 
choice of a club, or in the method of making a stroke. 

(3) The " Course" is the whole area within which play Course. 
is permitted ; more particularly, it is the ground between 

the holes which is specially prepared for play. 

(4) The " teeing-ground " is the starting place for a Teeing-ground 
hole. The front of each teeing-ground shall be indicated 

by two marks placed in a line as nearly as possible at right 
angles to the line of play, and the teeing-ground shall 
include a rectangular space of the depth of two club 
lengths directly behind the line indicated by the two 
marks. 

(5) " Through the green" is all ground on which play Through the 
is permitted, except hazards and the putting-green of the ^^®®^ 
hole that is being played. 



2 



Definitions. 



Hazard. 



Casual water. 



Out of bounds. 



Ball, when out 
of bounds. 



Putting-green. 



Hole. 



Loose impedi- 
ments. 



Stroke. 



Penalty 
stroke. 



(6) A "hazard" is any bunker, water (except casual 
water), sand, path, road, ditch, bush, or rushes. Sand 
blown on to the grass, or sprinkled on the course for its 
preservation, bare patches, sheep-tracks, snow, and ice 
are not hazards. 

(7) " Casual water" is any temporary accumulation of 
water (whether caused by rainfall, flooding, or otherwise) 
which is not one of the ordinary and recognised hazards 
of the course. 

(8) "Out of bounds" is all ground on which play is 
prohibited. 

(9) A ball is "out of bounds" when the greater part 
of it lies within a prohibited area. 

(10) The "putting-green" is all ground, except 
hazards, within twenty yards of the hole. 

(11) The hole shall be 4J inches in diameter, and at 
least 4 inches deep. If a metal lining be used, it shall be 
sunk below the lip of the hole and its outer diameter 
shall not exceed 4 J inches. 

(12) The term "loose impediments" denotes any 
obstructions not fixed or growing, and includes dung, 
worm-casts, mole-hills, snow, and ice. 

(13) A "stroke" is the forward movement of the club 
made with the intention of striking the ball, or any 
contact between the head of the club and the ball resulting 
in movement of the ball, except in the case of a ball 
accidentally knocked off a tee (Rule 2 (1)). 

(14) A " penalty stroke " is a stroke added to the score 
of a side under certain rules, and does not affect the 
rotation of play. 



Definitions. 3 

(15) The side which plays off first from a teeing-ground Honour, 
is said to have the " honour." 

(16) In " teeing/' the ball may be placed on the ground, Teeing, 
or on sand or other substance in order to raise it off the 
ground. 

(17) A player has ''addressed the ball" when he has Addressing 
taken his stance and grounded his club, or, if in a hazard, 

when he has taken his stance preparatory to striking at the 
ball. 

(18) A ball is ''in play " as soon as the player has made In Play- 
a stroke at a teeing-ground, and it remains in play until 
holed out, except when lifted in accordance with the rules. 

(19) A ball is deemed to " move " if it leave its original Ball deemed 
position in the least degree ; but it is not considered to 
"move" if it merely oscillate and come to rest in its 
original position. 

(20) A ball is "lost" if it be not found within five BaU.lost. 
minutes after the search for it has begun. 

(21) The reckoning of strokes is kept by the terms — "the Terms used in 
^ ^ ^ r .; reckoning 

odd," "two more," "three more," etc., and "one off game. 

three," " one off two," " the like." The reckoning of 
holes is kept by the terms — so many " holes up," or " all 
even," and so many " to play." 

A side is said to be " dormie " when it is as many 
holes up as there are holes remaining to be played. 



Mode of Play. 



Conditions of 
matcli. 



V 



Priority on 
the Course. 



General and through the Green. 

RULE 1. 

(1) The Game of Golf is played by two sides, each 
playing its own ball. 

The game consists in each side playing a ball from a 
teeing-ground into a hole by successive strokes. The 
hole is won by the side which holes its ball in fewer 
strokes than the opposing side, except as otherwise 
provided for in the Rules, 

The hole is halved if both sides hole out in the same 
number of strokes. 

(2) A match consists of one round of the course unless it 
be otherwise agreed. A match is won by the side which 
is leading by a number of holes greater than the number 
of holes remaining to be played. 

A match is halved if each side win the same number of 
holes. 

Matches constituted of singles, threesomes, or four- 
somes shall have precedence of and be entitled to pass any 
other kind of match. 

A single player has no standing, and shall always give 
way to a match of any kind. 

Any match playing a whole round shall be entitled to 
pass a match playing a shorter round. 

If a match fail to keep its place on the green, and lose 
in distance more than one clear hole on the players in 
front, it may be passed, on request^ being made. 



General and through the Green. 5 

RULE 2. 

(1) A match begins by each side playing a ball from the On the teeing- 
first teeing-ground. 

A ball played from outside the limits of the teeing- 
ground, or played by a player when his opponent should 
have had the honour, may be at once recalled by the 
opposing side, and may be re-teed without penalty. 

If a ball fall or be knocked off a tee by the player in 
addressing it, it may be re-teed without penalty; if the 
ball be struck when so moving, no penalty shall be 
incurred. 

(2) The option of taking the honour at the first The Honour, 
teeing-ground shall, if necessary, be decided by lot. 

The side which wins a hole shall take the honour at the 
next teeing-ground. If a hole has been halved, the side 
which had the honour at the previous teeing-ground shall 
retain it. 

On beginning a new match, the winner of the long 
match in the previous round shall take the honour; if 
the previous long match was halved, the side which last 
won a hole shall take the honour. 

RULE 3. 

In a threesome or foursome the partners shall strike Order of Play 
off alternately from the teeing-grounds, and shall strike gome and 
alternately during the play of each hole. foursome. 

If a player play when his partner should have played, 
his side shall lose the hole. 

RULE 4. 
(1) A player may not ask for nor willingly receive Asking advice, 
advice from any one except his own caddie, his partner, 
or his partner's caddie. 



6 General and through the Green. 

Advice from (2) A player may employ a forecaddie, but may not 

Forecaddie . -, ■ p i • ■ 

receive advice irom liim. 

Indicating (3) When playing through the green, or from a hazard, a 

player may have the line to the hole indicated to him, 

but no mark shall be placed nor shall anyone stand on 

the proposed line, in order to indicate it, while the stroke 

is being made. 

The penalty for a breach of this Rule shall be the loss 

of the hole. 

RULE 5. 
Ball to be The ball must be fairly struck at with the head of 

struck at. ^^^ club, not pushed, scraped, nor spooned. 

The penalty for a breach of this Rule shall be the loss 
of the hole. 

RULE 6. 

Ball played A ball must be played wherever it lies or the hole be 

wherever it . 
lies. given up, except as otherwise provided for in the Rules 



and Local Rules. 



RULE 7, 



The ball When the balls are in play, the ball farther from the 

farther from r jj 

hole played hole shall be played first. Through the green, or in a 

hazard, if a player play when his opponent should have 

played, the opponent may at once recall the stroke. A 

ball so recalled shall be dropped as near as possible to the 

place where it lay, without penalty. 



RULE 8. 

ped in th 
The player himself shall drop it. He shall face the hole. 



How to drop a A ball shall be dropped in the following manner: 



General and through the Green. 7 

stand erect, and drop the ball behind him over his shoulder. 

The penalty for a breach of this Rule shall be the loss 
of the hole. 

If, in the act of dropping, the ball touch the player, 
he shall incur no penalty, and, if it roll into a hazard, 
the player may re-drop the ball without penalty. 

RULE 9. 

(1) A ball in play may not be touched before the hole Ball not to 
is played out, except as provided for in the Rules. except 

The penalty for a breach of this Rule shall be one 
stroke. 

The player may, without penalty, touch his ball with in addressing. 
his club in the act of addressing it, provided he does not 
move it. 

A ball in play may, with the opponent's consent, be for 
lifted for the purpose of identification, but it must be ^ ®^ ^ °^ ^ ^ 
carefully replaced. 

(2) If the player's ball move the opponent's ball through Ball moved by 
^ ^ ^ -^ . opponent's 

the green or in a hazard, the opponent, if he choose, may ball. 

drop a ball, without penalty, as near as possible to the 
place where his ball lay, but this must be done before 
another stroke is played by either side. 

RULE 10. 

In playing through the green, irregularities of surface Removal of 
which could in any way affect the player's stroke shall not ^f surface ^^^ 
be removed nor pressed down by the player, his partner, 
or either of their caddies : a player is, however, always 
entitled to place his feet firmly on the ground when taking 
his stance. 

The penalty for a breach of this Rule shall be the loss 
of the hole. 



8 General and through the Green. 

RULE 11. 

Removal of Any flag-stick, guide-flag, movable guide-post, wheel- 

o s rue ions, jjarrow, tool, roller, grass-cutter, box, vehicle, or similar 
obstruction may be removed. A ball moved in removing 
such an obstruction shall be replaced without penalty. A 
ball lying on or touching such an obstruction, or lying on 
or touching clothes, or nets, or ground under repair or 
covered up or opened for the purpose of the upkeep of the 
course, or lying in one of the holes, or in a guide-flag hole, 
or in a hole made by the greenkeeper, may be lifted and 
dropped without penalty as near as possible to the place 
where it lay, but not nearer to the hole. A ball lifted in 
a hazard, under such circumstances, shall be dropped in 
the hazard. 

RULE 12. 

Removal of (1) Any loose impediment lying within a club length of 

diments. ^^® ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ being in or touching a hazard, may 
be removed without penalty ; if the ball move after any 
such loose impediment has been touched by the player, 
his partner, or either of their caddies, the player shall be 
deemed to have caused the ball to move and the penalty 
shall be one stroke. 

■ (2) A loose impediment lying more than a dub length 
from the ball may not be moved under penalty of the loss 
of the hole, unless the loose impediment lie on the putting- 
green (see Rule 28 (1)). 

Ballacciden- (3) When a ball is in play, if a player, or his partner, 

or either of their caddies accidentally move his or their 
ball, or by touching anything cause it to move, the penalty 
shall be one stroke. 



General and through the Green. 9 

(4) If a ball in play move after the player has grounded Ball moving 

., . ... ., after club 

his club in the act of addressing it, or, if a ball m play grounded. 

being in a hazard move after the player has taken his 

stance to play it, he shall be deemed to have caused it to 

move, and the penalty shall be one stroke. 

Note. — If the player has lifted a loose impediment (see 
Rules 12 (1) and 28 (1)) and the ball has not moved until 
the 23layer has grounded his club, he shall only be deemed 
to have caused the ball to move under Section (4) of this 
Rule, and the penalty shall be one stroke. 

RULE 13. 

A player shall not play while his ball is moving, under Playing a 
the penalty of the loss of the hole, except in the case of a 
teed ball (Rule 2), or a ball struck twice (Rule 14), or a 
ball in water (Rule 26). When the ball only begins 
to move while the player is making his backward or 
forward swing, he shall incur no penalty under this Rule, 
but he is not exempted from the provisions of Rule 12 (1) 
or Rule 28 (1) and of Rule 12 (3) and (4). 

RULE 14. 

If a player, when making a stroke, strike the ball Striking ball 

twice, 
twice, the penalty shall be one stroke, but he shall incur 

no further penalty by reason of his having played while 

his ball was moving. 

RULE 15. 
Before striking at a ball in play, a player shall Moving or 
not move, bend, nor break anything fixed or growing, fixed or 
except so far as is necessary to enable him fairly to take showing 
his stance in addressing the ball, or in making his 



10 



General and through the Green. 



backward or forward swing. The club may only be 
grounded lightly, and not pressed on the ground. 

The penalty for a breach of this Rule shall be the loss of 
the hole. 



Balls within a 
club length 
of each 
other. 



RULE 16. 

When the balls lie within a club length of each other 
through the green or in a hazard, the ball lying nearer 
to the hole may, at the option of either the player or the 
opponent, be lifted until the other ball is played, and shall 
then be replaced as near as possible to the place where it 
lay. 

If either ball be accidentally moved in complying with 
this Rule, no penalty shall be incurred, and the ball so 
moved shall be replaced. 

If the lie of the lifted ball be altered in playing the 
other ball, the lifted ball may be placed as near as 
possible to the place where it lay and in a lie similar to 
that which it originally occupied. 



Moving hall 
stopped. 



Ball lodging 
in anything 
moving. 



Ball at rest 
displaced by 
outside 
agency. 



RULE 17. 

(1) If a ball in motion be stopped or deflected by 
any agency outside the match, or by a forecaddie, it is a 
rub of the green and the ball shall be played from the spot 
where it lies. 

(2) If a ball lodge in anytliing 7noving, a ball shall be 
dropped, or if on the putting-green, placed, as near as 
possible to the place where the object was when the ball 
lodged in it, without penalty. 

(3) If a ball at rest be displaced by any agency outside 
the match, except wind, the player shall drop a ball as 
near as possible to the place where it lay, without penalty ; 



General and through the Green. 11 

and if the ball be displaced on the putting-green, it shall 
be replaced without penalty. 

RULE 18. 
If a player's ball strike, or be stopped, or be moved by an Ball striking 
opponent or an opponent's caddie or clubs, the opponent g^^ ' 

shall lose the hole, except as provided for in Rule 22 (3) 
and Rule 33. 

RULE 19. 

If a player's ball strike or be stopped by himself. Ball striMng 
■^ -^ rr J J the player, 

or his partner, or either of their caddies, or their clubs, etc. 

his side shall lose the hole. 

RULE 20. 

(1) If a player play the opponent's ball his side shall Playing op- 

ponent's 
lose the hole, unless : — ball. 

(ci) The opponent then play the player's ball, in which 
case the penalty is cancelled, and the hole shall be played 
out with the balls thus exchanged. 

(h) The mistake occur through wrong information given 
by an opponent or his caddie, in which case there shall be 
no penalty ; if the mistake be discovered before the 
opponent has played, it shall be rectified by dropping a 
ball as near as possible to the place where the opponent's 
ball lay. 

On the putting-green the hall shall he replaced. 

(2) If a player play a stroke with the ball of anyone not Playing ball 

. , . . outside the 

engaged m the match, and the mistake be discovered and match. 

intimated to his opponent before his opponent has played 

his next stroke, there shall be no penalty ; if the 

mistake be not discovered and so intimated until after the 

opponent has played his next stroke, the player's side shall 

lose the hole. 



12 General and through the Green. 

RULE 21. 

BaUlost. If a ball be "lost," except in water, casual water, or 

out of bounds, the player's side shall lose the hole, unless 
it is afterwards discovered that the opponent's ball is also 
lost, when the hole shall be halved. 



RULE 22. 

Looking for (1) If a ball lie in fog, bent, bushes, long grass, or the 

etc. ' like, only so much thereof shall be touched as will enable 

the player to find his ball. 

In sand. (2) If a ball be completely covered by sand, only so 

much thereof may be removed as will enable the player 
to see the top of the ball; if the ball be touched in 
removing the sand, no penalty shall be incurred. 

Accidentally (3) If a player or his caddie when searching for an 

opponent in opponent's ball accidentally touch or move it, no penalty 
search. shall be incurred, and the ball, if moved, shall be 

replaced. 

The penalty for a breach of this Rule shall be the loss of 
the hole. 



RULE 23. 

Ball out of n\ if ^ ball lie out of bounds, the player shall play his 

Bounds. ^ ^ > r J . 

next stroke as nearly as possible at the spot from which 

the ball which is out of bounds was played. If the ball 

was played out of bounds from the teeing-ground, the 

player may tee a ball for his next stroke ; in every other 

case the ball shall be dropped. 



General and through the Green. 13 

(2) If a player after making a stroke be doubtful Provisional 
whether his ball is out of bounds or not, he may play 
another ball as provided for in par. (1) of this Rule, but 

if it be discovered that the first ball is not out of bounds, 
it shall continue in play without penalty. 

On reaching the place where the first ball is likely to be, 
if the player or his opponent be still in doubt, the player 
is not entitled to presume that the first ball is out of 
bounds till he has made a search of five minutes. 

(3) A player has the right at any time of ascertaining Ascertaining 
whether his opponent's ball is out of bounds or not, before i3aii. 

his opponent can compel him to continue his play. 

(4) A player ma; 
lying within bounds 



(4) A player may stand out of bounds to play a ball Standing out 
^ ^ ^ "^ -^ ^ *^ ofbounds. 



RULE 24. 
If a ball split into separate pieces, another ball may be Ball unfit for 
dropped where any piece lies. If a ball crack or become 
unfit for play, the player may change it on intimating to 
his opponent his intention to do so. Mud adhering to a 
ball shall not be considered as making it unfit for play. 



Hazards and Casual Water. 

RULE 25. 

When a ball lies in or touches a hazard, nothing shall Conditions of 
be done which can in any way improve its lie; the club hazards. 
shall not touch the ground, nor shall anything be touched 
or moved, before the player strikes at the ball, subject to 
the following exceptions: — (1) The player may place his 
feet firmly on the ground for the purpose of taking his 



14 



Hazards and Casual Water. 



Ball moving 
in water. 



stance : (2) in addressing the ball, or in the backward or 
forward swing, any grass, bent, bush, or other growing 
substance, or the side of a bunker, wall, paling, or other 
immovable obstacle may be touched ; (3) steps or planks 
placed in a hazard by the Green Committee for access to 
or egress from such hazard may be removed, and if a ball 
be moved in so doing, it shall be replaced without penalty ; 
(4) any loose impediment may be lifted from the putting- 
green ; (5) the player shall be entitled to find his ball as 
provided for by Rule 22. 

The penalty for a breach of this Rule shall be the loss of 
the hole. 

RULE 26. 

When a ball is in water a player may, without penalty, 
strike at it while it is moving, but he must not delay to 
make his stroke in order to allow the wind or current to 
better the position of the ball, under penalty of the loss of 
the hole. 

RULE 27. 

(1) If a ball lie or be lost in a recognised water hazard 

(whether the ball lie in water or not) or in casual water in 

a hazard, the player may drop a ball under penalty of one 

stroke either {a) behind the hazard, keeping the spot at 

which the ball crossed the margin of the hazard between 

himself and the hole, or (h) in the hazard, keeping the spot 

at which the ball entered the water between himself and 

the hole. 

Ball in casual (2) If a ball lie or be lost in casual water through the 

tlirougli the green, the player may drop a ball, without penalty, within 

^®®^" two club lengths of the margin, as near as possible to the 

spot where the ball lay, but not nearer to the hole. 

If a ball when dropped roll into the water, it may be 
re-dropped without penalty. 



Ball in water 
hazard. 



Ball in casual 
water in 
hazard. 



Hazards and Casual Water 15 

(3) If a ball on the putting-green lie in casual water, or Ball in casual 
• e 1 , , ,1 , • 1 water on the 
if casual water intervene between a ball lying on the putting- 
putting-green and the hole, the ball may be played where sreen. 

it lies, or it may be lifted without penalty and placed by 
hand, either within two club lengths directly behind the 
spot from which the ball was lifted, or in the nearest 
position to that spot which is not nearer to the hole and 
which affords a putt to the hole without casual water 
intervening. 

(4) A ball lying so near to casual water that the water Water inter- 
interferes with the player's stance may be treated as if it stance, 
lay in casual water, under the preceding Sections of this 

Rule.- 

(5) If it be impossible from want of space in which to Want of space 
play, or from any other cause, for a player to drop a ball 

in conformity with Sections (1) and (2) of this Rule, or to 
place it in conformity with Section (3), he shall " drop" 
or "place" as nearly as possible within the limits laid 
down in these sections, but not nearer to the hole. 

The penalty for a breach of this Rule shall be the loss 
of the hole. 

Putting-green. 

RULE 28. 
(1) Any loose impediment may be lifted from the Removal of 
putting-green, irrespective of the position of the player's pediments, 
ball. If the player's ball, when on the putting-green, 
move after any loose impediment lying within six inches 
of it has been touched by the player, his partner, or either 
of their caddies, the player shall be deemed to have caused 
it to move and the penalty shall be one stroke. 



16 



Putting-green. 



Removal of 
dung, etc. 



Touching line 
of putt. 



Direction for 
putting. 



Shielding ball 
from wind. 



Opponent's 
ball to be at 
rest. 



(2) Dung, wormcasts, snow, and ice may be scraped 
aside with a club, but the club must not be laid 
with more than its own ' weight upon the ground, nor 
must anything be pressed down either with the club or in 
any other way. 

(3) The line of the putt must not be touched, except 
by placing the club immediately in front of the ball in the 
act of addressing it, and as above authorised. 

The penalty for a breach of this rule shall be the loss of 
the hole. 

RULE 29. 

(1) When the player's ball is on the putting-green, the 
player's caddie, his partner, or his partner's caddie may, 
before the stroke is played, point out a direction for 
putting, but in doing this they shall not touch the ground 
on the proposed line of the putt. No mark shall be placed 
anywhere on the putting-green. 

(2) Any player or caddie engaged in the match may 
stand at the hole, but no player or caddie shall 
endeavour, by moving or otherwise, to influence the action 
of the wind upon the ball. 

A player is, however, always entitled to send his own 
caddie to stand at the hole while he plays his stroke. 

Either side may refuse to allow a person who is not 
engaged in the match to stand at the hole. 

The penalty for a breach of this Rule shall Ije the loss 
of the hole. 

RULE 30. 

When the player's ball lies on the putting-green, he shall 
not play until the opponent's ball is at rest. 

The penalty for a breach of this Rule shall be the loss of 
the hole. 



Putting-green. 17 

RULE 31. • 

(1) When the balls lie within six inches of each Ball within 
other on the putting-green (the distance to be measured nfted. 
from their nearest points), the ball lying nearer to the 

hole may, at the option of either the player or the 
opponent, be lifted until the other ball is played, and the 
lifted ball shall then be replaced as near as possible to the 
place where it lay. 

If either ball be accidentally moved in complying with 
this Rule, no penalty shall be incurred, and the ball so 
moved shall be replaced. 

(2) On the putting-green, if a player play when his Playing out of 
opponent should have played, the stroke may be at once 

recalled by the opponent, and the ball replaced. 

Note. — For a ball which is displaced on a putting- 
green, see Rule 17 (2) and (3). 

For a player playing the opponent's ball on the putting- 
green see Rule 20 (1). 

For casual water on a putting-green see Rule 27 (3). Casual Water. 

RULE 32. 

(1) Either side is entitled to have the flag-stick Removal of 
removed when approaching the hole; if a player's ball 
strike the flag-stick, which has been so removed by him- 
self, or his partner, or either of their caddies, his side 
shall lose the hole. 

If the ball rest against the flag-stick which is in the hole, 
the player shall be entitled to remove the flag-stick, and, 
if the ball fall into the hole, the player shall be deemed to 
have holed out at his last stroke. 



18 



Putting-green. 



Displacing 
and re- 
placing of 
balls. 



Ball on lip of 
hole. 



(2) If the player's ball knock the opponent's ball into 
the hole, the opponent shall be deemed to have holed out 
at his last stroke. 

If the player's ball move the opponent's ball, the 
opponent, if he choose, may replace it, but this must be 
done before another stroke is played by either side. 

If the player's ball stop on the spot formerly occupied 
by the opponent's ball, and the opponent declare his 
intention to replace his ball, the player shall first play 
another stroke, after which the opponent shall replace and 
play his ball. 

(3) If the player has holed out and the opponent then plays 
to the lip of the hole, the player may not knock the ball 
away, but the opponent, if asked, shall play his next stroke 
without delay. 

If the opponent's ball lie on the lip of the hole, the 
player, after holing out, may knock the ball away, claim- 
ing the hole if holing at the like, and the half if holing at 
the odd, provided that the player's ball does not strike the 
opponent's ball and set it in motion ; if the player neglect 
to knock away the opponent's ball, and it fall into the 
hole, the opponent shall be deemed to have holed out at 
his last stroke. 



RULE 33. 

Penalty of loss When a player has holed out and his opponent haa 

?l^°lfT^V. been left with a stroke for the half, nothing that the 
lifted toy half ' ° 

player who has holed out can do shall deprive him of the 
half which he has already gained. 



previously 
gained. 



Disputes. 19 

General Penalty. 

RULE 34. 

Where no penalty for the breach of a Rule is stated, Loss of the 
the penalty shall be the loss of the hole. 

Disputes* 

RULE 35. 

An umpire or referee, when appointed, shall take Duties of 

umpire or 
cognisance of any breach of rule that he may observe, referee. 

whether he be appealed to on the point or not. 

RULE 36. 

If a dispute arise on any point, a claim must be made Claims when 

and how 
before the players strike off from the next teeing-ground, made. 

or, in the case of the last hole of the round, before they 

leave the putting-green. The players have the right 

of determining to whom the point shall be referred, but 

should they not agree, either side may have it referred 

officially through the Secretary of the Club to the Rules of 

Golf Committee, whose decision shall be final. If the 

point in dispute be not covered by the Rules of Golf, the 

arbiters shall decide it by equity. 



20 



Special 
Hazards or 
conditions. 



Ball, when 
dropped. 
when 
placed. 



Recommendations for Local F^ules. 

When necessary, local Rules should be made for such 
obstructions as trees, hedges, fixed seats, fences, gates, 
railways, and walls, for such difficulties as rabbit scrapes, 
hoof marks, and other damage caused to the course by 
animals, and for such local conditions as the existence of 
mud which may be held to interfere with the proper 
playing of the game. 

When a ball is lifted under a Local Rule, as in the case 
of a ball lifted from a putting-green other than that of the 
hole which is being played, the Rules of Golf Committee 
recommends that if it is to be played from " through the 
green," it should be dropped; if it is to be played on the 
putting-green of the hole that is being played, it should 
be placed. 



Forn) and Mal^e of Golf Clubs. 

The Rules of Golf Committee intimates that it will not 
sanction any substantial departure from th& traditional 
and accepted form and make of golf clubs, ' which, in 
its opinion, consist of a plain shaft and a head which does 
not contain any mechanical contrivance, such as springs. 



21 



ETIQUETTE OF GOLF. 



1. No one should stand close to or directly behind 
the ball, move, or talk, when a player is making a stroke. 

On the putting-green no one should stand beyond the 
hole in the line of a player's stroke. 

2. The player who has the honour should be allowed to 
play before his opponent tees his ball. 

3. No player should play from the tee until the party 
in front have played their second strokes and are out of 
range, nor play up to the putting-green till the party in 
front have holed out and moved away. 

4. Players who have holed out should not try their putts 
over again when other players are following them. 

5. Players looking for a lost ball should allow other 
matches coming up to pass them ; they should signal to 
the players following them to pass, and having given such 
a signal, they should not continue their play until these 
players have passed and are out of reach. 

6. Turf cut or displaced by a player should be at once 
replaced and pressed down with the foot. 

7. A player should carefully fill up all holes made by 
himself in a bunker. . 

8. Players should see that their caddies do not injure 
the holes by standing close to them when the ground is 
soft. 

9. A player who has incurred a penalty stroke shoiild 
intimate the fact to his opponent as soon as possible. 



22 

Special Rules for Match Play 
Competitions. 

RULE 1. 

On the putting-green, if the competitor whose ball is the 
nearer to the hole play first, his ball shall be at once 
replaced. 

The penalty for a breach of this Rule shall be the 
disqualification of both competitors. 

RULE 2. 
A competitor shall not waive any penalty incurred by 
his opponent, under penalty of disqualification. 

RULE 3. 

Competitors shall not agree to exclude the operation of 
any Rule or Local Rule, under penalty of disqualification. 



The Rules of Golf Committee recommends that players 
should not concede putts to their opponents. 



23 

F^ules for Three-ball, Best Ball, and 
Four-ball Matches. 

DEFINITIONS. 

(1) When three players play against each other, each 
playing his own ball, the match is called a three-ball 
match. 

(2) When one player plays his ball against the best ball 
of two or more players, the match is called a best ball 
match. 

(3) When two players play their better ball against the 
better ball of two other players, the match is called a 
four-ball match. 

GENERAL. 

RULE 1. 

Any player may have any ball in the match lifted or 
played, at the option of its owner, if he consider that it 
might interfere with or be of assistance to a player or side. 

RULE 2. 

If a player's ball move any other ball in the match, the 
moved ball must be replaced as near as possible to the spot 
where it lay, without penalty. 

RULE 3. 

Through the green a player shall incur no penalty for 
playing when an opponent should have done so, and the 
stroke shall not be recalled. 

On the putting-green the stroke may be recalled by an 
opponent, but no penalty shall be incurred. 



24 

THREE-BALL MATCHES. 

RULE 4. 

During a three-ball match if no player is entitled at a 
teeing-ground to claim the honour from both opponents, 
the same order of striking shall be followed as at the last 
teeing-ground. 

RULE 5. 

In a three-ball match, if a player's ball strike, or be 
stopped, or moved by an opponent or an opponent's caddie 
or clubs, that opponent shall lose the hole to the player. 
As regards the other opponent the occurrence shall be 
treated as a rub of the green. 

BEST BALL AND FOUR-BALL MATCHES. 
RULE 6. 

Balls belonging to the same side may be played in the 
order the side deems best. 

RULE 7. 
If a player's ball strike, or be stopped, or moved by an 
opponent, or an opponent's caddie or clubs, the opponent's 
side shall lose the hole. 

RULE 8. 

If a player's ball (the player being one of a side) strike, 
or be stopped by himself, or his partner, or either of their 
caddies or clubs, only that player shall be disqualified for 
that hole. 

RULE 9. 

If a player play a stroke with his partner's ball, and the 
mistake be discovered and intimated to the other side 



25 

before an opponent has played another stroke, the player 
shall be disqualified for that hole, and his partner shall 
drop a ball as near as possible to the spot from which his 
ball was played, without penalty. If the mistake be not 
discovered till after the opponent has played a stroke, the 
player's side shall lose the hole. 

RULE 10. 

In all other cases where a player would by the Rules of 
Golf incur the loss of the hole, he shall be disqualified for 
that hole, but the disqualification shall not apply to his 
partner. 



26 



SPECIAL RULES FOR STROKE 
COMPETITIONS. 



Committee 
defined. 



The winner. 



Order of play. 



Order of 

starting. 



The honour. 



Not to discon- 
tinue play 
in had 
weather. 



Rules for the Conduct of Strol^e 
Competitions. 

Wherever the word Committee is used in these Rules, 
it refers to the Committee in charge of the Competition. 

RULE 1. 

(1) In Stroke Competitions the competitor who holes the 
stipulated round or rounds in the fewest strokes shall be 
the winner. 

(2) Competitors shall play in couples ; if from any 
cause there be a single competitor, the Committee shall 
either provide him with a player, or select a marker for 
him and allow him to compete alone. 

The order and times of starting should, when possible, 
be determined by ballot. 

(3) Competitors should strike off from the first tee in the 
order in which their names appear upon the starting list. 
Thereafter the honour should be taken as in match play, 
but if a competitor by mistake play out of turn, no penalty 
shall be incurred, and the stroke cannot be recalled. 

RULE 2. 

(1) Competitors shall start in the order and at the 
times arranged by the Committee. They shall not 
discontinue play nor delay to start on account of bad 
weather or for any other reason whatever, except such as 
the Committee may consider satisfactory. 

The penalty for a breach of this Rule shall be 
disqualification. 



Rules for Conduct of Stroke Competitions. 27 

(2) If the Committee consider that the course is not in Course 
a playable condition, or that insufficient light renders the 
proper playing of the game impossible, it shall at any time 
have power to declare the day's play null and void. 

RULE 3. 

If the lowest scores be made by two or more Ties, how and 
competitors, the tie or ties shall be decided by another cided. 
round to be played on the same day : but if the 
Committee determine that this is inexpedient or im- 
possible, it shall appoint a day and time for the decision 
of the tie or ties. 

Should an uneven number of competitors tie, their 
names shall be drawn by ballot and placed upon a list ; 
the competitors shall then play in couples in the order in 
which their names appear. The single competitor shall be 
provided for by the Committee either under Rule 1 (2), 
or by allowing three competitors to play together if their 
unanimous consent has been obtained. 

RULE 4. 

(1) New holes should be made on the day on which New holes. 
Stroke Competitions begin. 

(2) On the day of the Competition, before starting, no practice on 
competitor shall play on, or on to, any of the putting- ^^^ ?^ ^°°^" 
greens, nor shall he intentionally play at any hole of the 
stipulated round which is within his reach, under penalty 

of disqualification. 

RULE 5. 

(1) The score for each hole shall be kept by a The Scores, 
marker or by each competitor noting the other's score. 



28 



Rules for Conduct of Stroke Competitions. 



Marking and 
addition of 
scores. 



Committee to 
decide 
doubtful 
penalties. 



Advice. 



Playing out- 
side limits 
of teeing- 
^ound. 



Should more than one marker keep a score, each shall sign 
the part of the score for which he is responsible. The 
scores should be called out after each hole. On completion 
of the stipulated round the card shall be signed by the 
IDerson who has marked it, and the competitor shall see 
that it is handed in as soon as reasonably possible. The 
penalty for a breach of this Rule shall be disqualification. 
Scoring cards should be issued with the date and the 
player's name entered on the card. 

(2) Competitors must satisfy themselves before the cards 
are handed in that the scores for each hole are correctly 
marked, as no alteration can be made on any card after it 
has been returned. If it be found that a competitor has 
returned a score lower than that actually played, he shall 
be disqualified. For the additions of the scores marked the 
Committee shall be responsible. 

(3) If, on the completion of the stipulated round, a 
player is doubtful whether he has incurred a penalty at 
any hole, he may enclose his scoring card with a written 
statement of the circumstances to the Committee, v^^ho shall 
decide what penalty, if any, has been incurred. 

F^ules for Play io Strode CompetitioQS. 

RULE 6. 

A competitor shall not ask for nor willingly receive 
advice from anyone except his caddie. 

The penalty for a breach of this Rule shall be 
disqualification. 

RULE 7. 
If at any hole a competitor play his first stroke from 
outside the limits of the teeing-ground, he shall count that 



Rules for Play in Stroke Competitions. 29 

stroke, tee a ball, and play his second stroke from within 
these limits. 

The penalty for a breach of this Rule shall be 
disqualification. 

RULE 8. 

(1) A competitor shall hole out with his own ball at Must hole out 

w^itli own 
every hole. The penalty for a breach of this Rule shall irjall. 

be disqualification. 

(2) If a competitor play a stroke with a ball other than Playing two 
his own he shall incur no penalty provided he then play strokes with 
his own ball ; but if he play two consecutive strokes with a ^^^^^ l^all. 
wrong ball, he shall be disqualified. 

(3) In a hazard, if a competitor play more than one Exception in 
stroke with a ball other than his own and the mistake be 
discovered before he has played a stroke with the wrong 

ball from outside the limits of the hazard, he shall incur 
no penalty provided he then play his own ball. 

The penalty for a breach of this Rule shall be 
disqualification. 

RULE 9. 

If a competitor's ball strike or be stopped by himself, Ball striking 
. . 1 ± ^ the Player. 

his clubs, or his caclclie, the penalty shall be one stroke, 

except as jDrovided for in Stroke Rule 13 (1). 

. RULE 10. 
(1) If a competitor's ball strike or be stopped by another Ball striking 
competitor, or his clubs, or his caddie, it is a rub of the another 
green, and the ball shall be played from where it lies, competitor. 
except as provided for in Stroke Rule 13 (1). If a 
competitor's ball which is at rest be accidentally moved by 
another competitor, or his caddie, or his clubs, or his ball. 



30 



Rules for Play in Stroke Competitions. 



Allowed to lift 
another 
competitor's 
ball. 



or any outside agency except wind, it shall be replaced as 
near as possible to the spot where it lay. The penalty for 
a breach of this Rule shall be disqualification. 

(2) A competitor may have any other player's ball 
played or lifted, at the option of its owner, if he find that 
it interferes with his stroke. 



Lifting toall 
under two- 
strokes 
penalty. 



Lifting for 
identifica- 
tion. 



RULE 11. 

(1) A ball may be lifted from any place on the course 
under penalty of two strokes. A ball so lifted shall be 
teed and played behind the place where it lay ; if this be 
impossible, it shall be teed and played as near as possible 
to the place where it lay, but not nearer to the hole. 

In preparing a tee as above authorised, the player is 
exempted from the restrictions imposed by Rule 15. 

The penalty for a breach of this Section of the Rule 
shall be disqualification. 

(2) For the purpose of identification, a competitor may 
at any time lift and carefully replace his ball in the 
presence of the player with whom he is competing. 

The penalty for a breach of this Section of the Rule 
shall be one stroke. 



Ball lost. 



RULE 12. 

If a ball be ''lost" (except in water, casual water, or 
out of bounds) the competitor shall, whether he has 
played from "through the green" or from ^ a hazard, 
return as near as possible to the spot from which the ball 
was struck, and there tee a ball under penalty of one 
stroke. 

[Under this Rule a ball shall only be considered lost, 
when it has not been found after a search of five minutes.] 



Rules for Play in Stroke Competitions. 31 

RULE 13. 

(1) When a competitor's ball lying within twenty Play witliiii 
yards of the hole is played and strikes either the flag-stick i^oie. 

or the person standing at the hole, the penalty shall be ^fl^^^^Sk^ 
two strokes. etc. 

(2) When both balls are on the putting-green, if a Ball striking 
competitor's ball strike the ball of the player with whom he petitor's 
is competing, the competitor shall incur a penalty of one ^^^' 
stroke, and the ball which was struck shall be at once 
replaced, see Stroke Rule 10 (1). 

(3) The competitor whose ball is the further from the Nearer ball 
hole may have the ball which is nearer to the hole lifted nfted. 

or played at the option of its owner. If the latter refuse 
to comply with this Rule when requested to do so, he shall 
be disqualified. 

(4) If the competitor whose ball is the nearer to the hole Ball nearer 
consider that his ball might be of assistance to the player assistance 
with whom he is competing, he should lift it or play first. to player. 

(5) If the competitor whose ball is the nearer to the Ball lifted 

when play- 
hole lift his ball while the player's ball is in motion, he er'sballin 

shall incur a penalty of one stroke. motion. 

(6) If a competitor or his caddie pick up his ball from Ball lifted 
the putting-green before it is holed out (except as provided out°^^ ° ^ 
for above), he shall, before he has struck off from the 

next tee, or, in the case of the last hole of the round, 
before he has left the putting-green, be permitted to 
replace the ball under penalty of two strokes. 

RULE 14. 
Where in the Rules of Golf the penalty for the General 
breach of any Rule is the loss of the hole, in Stroke 
Competitions the penalty shall be the loss of two strokes, 
except where otherwise provided for in these Special 
Rules. 



32 Rules for Play in Stroke Competitions. 

RULE 15. 
General Rule. The Rules of Golf, so far as they are not at variance 
with these Special Rules, shall apply to Stroke Competi- 
tions. 

RULE 16. 

Disputes, how If a dispute arise on any point it shall be decided 
cL6cid6d.* • • ' 

by the Committee, whose decision shall be final, unless an 

appeal be made to the Rules of Golf Committee, as 

provided for in Rule 36. 



INDEX 

The numbers of Pages and Rules printed in Italics refer 
to Rules for Stroke Competitions. 



Addressing ball 

Definition of 

Ball moving in act of ... 

In hazard ... 

Moving off tee 

Taking stance fairly ... 

Touching in act of 

Advice 

Definition of 
Asking and receiving 

Appeals from decisions 

Appeal to Rules of Golf Committee 

Bad weather 

Discontinuing play 

Ball 

Accidentally moved 

By another competitor, etc., 

Tn measuring 

Opponent's in searching 

Touching loose impediment . . . 
Addressing 

In hazard 

Moving off tee 

Touching with club 
Bushes, long grass, etc. 
Casual water 

In hazard. 

Interfering with stance 

Putting-green 

Through the green 
Club length from other 
Covered by sand 
Cracked ... 
Displaced 

On putting-green . 

Outside agency ... 
Dropping 

How to drop 

Want of space for 
Exchanging balls 
Fairly struck 
Falling into hole 

, , off tee 
Farther from hole 



Page 


Rule. 


3 




9 


12(4) 


14 


25 (2) 


5 


2(1) 


9 


15 


/ 


9(1) 


1 




5 


4(1) 


,f8 


6 


19 


36 


3£ 


16 


26 


2{1) 


8 


12(3) 


29 


10 [1) 


10 


16 


12 


22 (3) 


8 


12(1) 


14 


25 (2) 


5 


2(1) 


7 


9(1) 


12 


22(1) 


14 


27 (2, 3) 


14, 15 


27(1,4,5) 


15 


27(4) 


15 


27 (3, 4, 5) 


14, 15 


27 (2, 4, 5) 


10 


16 


12 


22 (2) 


13 


24 


18 


32 (2) 


10 


17(3) 


6 


8 


15 


27 (5) 


11 


20 (la) 


6 


5 


17 


32 (1) 



INDEX. 





Page. 


Rule 


Ball — Continued. 






Holing out 






Knocking away opponent's ... 


18 


32 (3) 


Opponeiit, without delay 


18 


32 (3) 


Resting against flag-stick 


17 


32(1) 


With own ball ... 


S9 


8{1) 


Identification 


7 


9(1) 




30 


11 {3) 


In hazard . . 


13 


25 


In motion, stopped, etc., 


10 


17(1) 


In play, definition of ... 


3 




Interfering with stroke 


30 


10(2) 


Knocked off tee 


5 


2(1) 


Knocking in opponent's 


18 


32(2) 


Lie of 






Altered by play ... 


10 


16 


Improving in hazard 


13 


25 


Played wherever lying 


6 


6 


Lifted 






For identification 


7 


9(1) 


,, ,, ... 


30 


11 [S) 


Ground under repair 


8 


11 


In hazards 


8 


11 


Interfering with stroke 


30 


10 [2) 


Lie altered by play 


10 


16 


Lodging in anything moving 


10 


17(2) 


Nearer to hole 


31 


13 [3) 


Obstructions, etc. 


8 


11 


Of assistance to player 


31 


13(4) 


Player's in motion 


31 


13 [4) 


Two-strokes penalty 


30 


nil) 


Within six inches — putting-green 


17 


31(1) 


Within club length 


10 


16 


Lip of hole 


18 


32 (3) 


Lodging in moving object ... 


10 


17(2) 


Long grass 


12 


22 (1) 


Lost 


12 


21 




30 


12 


Definition of 


3 




In casual water ... 


14 


27 (2) 


In casual water (hazard) 


14 


27(1) 


In water hazard ... 


14 


27(1) 


Moved 






Definition of 


3 




Accidentally by player's side 


8 


12(3) 


,, in lifting 


10 


16 


,, in searching for 


12 


22 (3) 



INDEX. 





1 
Page. 


Paile. 


Ball — Continued. 






Moved — Continutd. 






By another competitor 


29 


10{1) 


By fellow-competitor 


31 


13 {2) 


By opponent, etc. 


11 


18 


By opponent's ball 


7 


. 9(2) 


, , , , on putting-green 


18 


32 (2) 


In hazard 


14 


25 (3) 


In measuring 


10 


16 


In removing obstruction 


8 


11 


Lifting on putting-green 
Moving 

After grounding club 


17 


31(1) 


9 


12(4) 


After lifting loose impediments 


15 


28 (l; 


During swing 


9 


13 


In water 


14 


26 


Offtee 


o 


2(1) 


Playing at a 


9 


13 


Mud adhering to 


13 


24 


Obstructions, etc. 


8 


11 


Opponent's ball 






Moved by player's ball 


7 


9(2) 


To be at rest — putting-green 


16 


30 


Touched, etc., in searching by player, etc. 


12 


22(3) 


Out of bounds 


12 


23 


Definition of 


2 




Locating opponent's 


13 


23 (3) 


Out of turn 


5 


2(1) 


Putting-green 


17 


31(2) 


Through the green and hazards 


6 


7 


Outside match 


11 


20(2) 


Outside teeing-ground 


5 


2(1) 


,, 


S8 


7 


Picked up before holing out 


31 


13 [6) 


Playing a moving 


9 


13 


Player's moving opponent's 


7 


9(2) 


Playing opponent's ... 


11 


20(1) 


Plaj'ed where it lies ... 


6 


6 


, , out of turn (see also Out of turn) . . . 


6 


7 


Pushed 


6 


5 


Resting against flag-stick 


17 


32(1) 


Scraped 


6 


5 


Shielding from wind ... 


16 


29(2) 


Split 


13 


24 


Spooned ... 


6 


5 



INDEX. 





Page. 


Eule. 


BSbll—Continaed. 






Stopped 






By another competitor, etc. ... 


39 


10 {1) 


By opponent, etc. 


11 


18 


By outside agency 


10 


17(1) 


By plaj^er, etc. ... 


11 


19 


Striking — 






Another competitor 


£9 


10 [1) 


Fellow-competitor's ball 


31 


13 {2) 


Flag-stick 


17 


32 (1) 


, , 20 yards from hole 


31 


13 {1) 


Opponent, etc. 


11 


18 


Person at hole 


31 


13 {1) 


Player, etc. 


11 


19 


„ 


29 


9 


Struck twice 


9 


14 


Touched .. 


7 


9(1) 


Touching hazard 


13 


25 


Unfit for play 


13 


24 


Unplayable 


6 


6 


Water hazard, in 


14 


27(1,5) 


Wrong 


11 


20 


,, 


29 


8 {2, 3) 


Wrong hole, in . . ... 


8 


11 


Balls. 






Both lost ... 


12 


21 


Exchanged 


11 


20 (la) 


Within club length ... 


10 


16 


Within six inches 


17 


31(1) 


Ballot for starting 


26 


1{2) 


Bent, touching 


12 


22(1) 


Best ball and four-ball matches ... 


23-25 




Lifting ball 


23 


1 


Moved ball 


23 


2 


Out of turn 


23 


3 


Order of play 


24 


6 


Striking opponent, etc. 


24 


7 


Striking .self, partner, etc. 


24 


.8 


Playing partner's ball 


24 


9 


Penalties limited to player 


25 


10 


Bushes, touching 


12 


22(1) 


Bounds, out of 


12 


23 


Breach of Rules, umpire's duties ... 


19 


35 


Caddie 






Accidentally moving ball 


8 


12(3) 


Advice from 


5 


4(1) 


., ., 


28 


6 



INDEX. 



Caddie — Continued. 

Ball moved by another competitor's 
Opponent's — struck by ball 
Picking up ball not holed out 
Player's ball striking own 

Pointing line of putt ... 

Pressing down irregularities 

Shielding ball from wind 

Standing at hole 

Striking another competitor's 

Striking flag- stick removed by 

Touching loose impediments 

(putting-green) 

Touching opponent's ball in searching 

Wrong information from opponent's 
Casual water 

Definition of 

Interfering with stance 

Hazard 

Putting-green 

Through the green 
Claims, when made 
Clubs 

Form and make of 

Grounding in hazard 

Grounding lightly 

Striking player's 
,, opponent's 

Conditions of Match 
Committee, defined 

Course, definition of 
,, unplayable 

Delaying to start 
Delaying stroke 

Ball moving in water... 

Opponent — on lip of hole 
Discontinuing play, bad weather 
Displacing ball 

At rest —outside agency 

Putting-green 
Disputes, how decided ... 

55 5 5 

Dormie, definition of 
Dropping ball 

Mode of ... 

Want of space for 



Page. 



29 
11 
31 
11 
29 
16 

7 

16 
16 
39 
17 

8 
15 
12 
11 
14,15 

2 
15 

14,15 
15 

14,15 
19 

20 
13 
10 
11 
11 

4 
26 

1 
27 
26 

14 
18 

26 

10 

18 
19 

32 
3 

6 
15 



Rule. 



10(1) 
18 

13 {6) 
19 
9 
.29 (1) 
10 

29 (2) 
29(2) 
10 {1) 
32(1) 
12(1) 
28(1) 
22(3) 
20 (lb) 
27 

27(4) 
27(1,4,5) 
27 (3, 4, 5) 
27 (2, 4, 5) 
36 



25 
15 
19 
18 

1(2) 



2 (2) 
2(1) 

26 

32(3) 
2(1) 

17 (3) 
32(2) 
36 
16 



27(5) 



VI. 



INDEX. 



Dung, removal on putting-green 

Exchanging balls 

Equity, disputes decided by 

Etiquette 

Fixed objects, moving of , 

Flag-stick 

Ball resting against 
Eemoving ... 

Striking, within 20 yards of 
Struck, when removed 
Fog, touching ... 

Forecaddie 

Advice from 

Ball stopped, etc., by 
Foursomes, order of play 
Four-ball Matches, see Best ball ... 
Game, description of 
General penalty 

General Rule, stroke competition . . . 
Greenkeeper, tools, etc., obstructing 
Ground under repair ... 
Grounding club, ball moving after . . 

Growing objects, moving of 
Halved hole 

Both balls lost 

Honour after 

Player retains half 
Halved match 

Honour after 
Hazard 

Definition of 

Addressing ball in ... ... 

Ball lost from 

Ball moved after taking stance . . . 
,, by opponent's 

Ball moving in water 

Casual water in 

Conditions of play in . . . 

Dropped ball rolling into 

Grounding club in 

Improving lie in 

Indicating line of play 

Loose impediments in or near 

Obstructions in 

Playing out of turn in 



Page. 



Paile. 



16 


28(2) 


11 


20 (la) 


19 


3(5 


21 




9 


15 


17 


32 (1) 


17 


32(1) 


SI 


13 {1) 


17 


32 (1) 


12 


22 (1) 


6 


4(2) 


10 


17(1) 


5 


3 


23-25 




4 


1(1) 


19 


34 


31 


u 


32 


15 


8 


11 


8 


11 


9 


12(4) 


9 


15 


4 


1 (1) 


12 


21 


5 


2(2) 


18 


33 


4 


1(2) 


5 


2(2) 


2 




14 


25(2) 


30 


13 


9 


12 (4) 


7 


9(2) 


14 


26 


14 


27 (1, 4, 5) 


13,14 


'25 


7 


8 


13 


25 


13 


25 


6 


4(3) 


8 


12 (1) 


8 


11 


6 


/ 



INDEX. 





Page. 


Rule. 


Hazard— Continued. 






Playing wrong ball in 


29 ■ 


8 {3) 


Steps and planks removable 


14 


25 (3) 


Swinging club in 


14 


25(2) 


Taking stance in 


13 


25 (1) 


Touching, etc. , anything in ... ... 


13 


25 


Want of space to drop 


15 


.27 (5) 


Water 


14 


27 (1, 5) 


Hole, definition of 


2 




Holes, new for competitions 


S7 


4{1) 


Holing out ... 


17, 18 


32 


Ball lifted before 


31 


13 {6) 


With own ball .... 


29 


8{1) 


Honour 


3 




Definition of 


5 


2 


Stroke competitions ... 


26 


1{3) 


Ice, removal of — putting-green 


16 


28 (2) 


Identification of ball ... 


1' 


9(1) 


, , Lifting for 


30 


11 [2) 


Impediments, loose (see loose impediments) ... 


8 


12 


Insufficient light 


27 


2 {2) 


Irregularities of surface 


7 


10 


Lie of ball. 






Altered by play 


10 


16 


Played wherever lying 


6 


6 


Lifting ball. 






For identification 


7 


9(1) 


,, 


30 


11 (2) 


Interfering with stroke 


30 


10 {2) 


Nearer to hole 


31 


13 {3) 


Player's in motion 


31 


13 (5) 


Two-strokes penalty ... 


30 


11 [1) 


Within club length ... 


10 


16 


Within six inches 


17 


31 (1) 


Light insufficient 


27 


2 [2) 


Line of play, indicating... 


6 


4(3) 


,, putt, indicating... 


16 


29 (1) 


,. putt, touching ... 
Local rules, recommendations for . . . 


16 


28(3) 


20 




Long grass, touching "... 
Loss of hole, penalty qualified 


12 


22 (1) 


18 


33 


Loose impediments 






Definition of 


2 




Lifted on putting-green 


15 


28 (1 


,, ,, 


14 


25 (4) 


Outside club length ... 


8 


12 (2) 



Vlll. 



INDEX. 





Page. 


Rule. 


Loose im-pediments— Continued. 






Within club length ... 


8 


12 (1) 


Lost ball ... 


12 


21 


Casual water in hazard 


14 


27 (1, 5) 


Casual water through the green ... 


14 


27 (2, 5) 


Water hazard ..." 


14 


27 (1, 5) 


Marking and addition of scores... 


f^S 


5 {2) 


Markers, for scoring 


27 


oil) 


Match, beginning 


5 


2(1) 


,, conditions of 


4 


1 (2) 


,, halved 


4 


1(2) 


Matches, priority of various 


4 


1 (2) 


, , playing whole round 


4 


1(2) 


,, losing place on green 


4 


1(2) 


Match play competitions 


22 




Conceding putts 


22 




Excluding rvtles 


22 


3 


Playing out of turn, putting-green 


22 


1 


Waiving penalties 


22 


2 


Mode of play- 


4 


1(1) 


Moved hall 






Accidentally 


8 


12 (3) 


After grounding club ... 


9 


12(4) 


After touching loose impediment 


8 


12(1) 


By another competitor, etc. 


29 


10 il) 


By fellow-competitor ... 


31 


13 {2) 


By opponent, etc. 


11 


18 


By opponent's ball 


7 


9(2) 


In hazard ... 


9 


12(4) 


, , steps or planks 


14 


25 (3) 


In measuring 


10 


16 


Lifting loose impediments, putting-green ' ... 


15 


28(1) 


Lifting, within six inches 


17 


31(1) 


Opponent's — in searching for 


12 


22(3) 


Opponent's ball — on putting-green 


18 


32(2) 


Outside agency 


10 


17(3) 


Removing obstruction 


8 


11 


Moving Ball. 






During swing 


9 


• 13 


In water ... 


14 


26 


Offtee 


5 


2(1) 


Playing a ... 


9 ^ 


13 


Struck twice 


9 


14 


Moving, etc., fixed or growing objects 


9 


15 


Moving obj ect, ball lodging in 


10 


17(2) 


Mud, adhering to ball 


13 


24 



INDEX. 





Page. 


Rule. 


New holes for competitions 


,97 


4 


Obstructions, removal of 


8 


11 


Opponent's ball. 






Displaced hj player — putting-green 


18 


32(2) 


Knocked into hole 


18 


32 (2) 


Lip of hole 


18 


32 (3) 


Locating— out of bounds . ... 


13 


23 (3) 


Moved by player's ball 


"^ 


• 9(2) 


Playing an 


11 


20(1) 


To be at rest — putting-green 


16 


30 


Touched, etc., in searching for ... 


12 


22(3) 


Order of Play 


6 


7 


> J > > ■ ■ ■ ' ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ 


£6 


1 (2) 


,, ,, threesome and foursome 


5 


3 


Order of starting 


,?6' 


1(3) 


Out of bounds 


12 


23 


Definition of 


2 




Doubtful whether 


13 


23(2) 


Locating opponent's ball 


13 


23 (3) 


Plaj'ing next stroke ... 


12 


23(1) 


Stance 


13 


23(4) 


Time limit for search... 


13 


23(2) 


Out of Turn. 






Foursomes 


5 


3 


Match play competitions — putting-green 


22 


1 


Opponent's honour 


5 


2(1) 


Putting-green 


17 


31 (2) 


Stroke competitions ... 


£6 


1(3) 


Through the green and hazards ... 


6 




Threesomes 


5 


3 


Outside Agency- 


30 


10 (I) 


Ball displaced by 


10 


17 (3) 


Ball in motion stopped by 


10 


17(1) 


Penalty competitor in doubt 


S8 


5 (3) 


,, general 


19 


34 


,, waiving 


22 


2&3 


Penalty stroke, definition of 


2 




Planks, removable 


14 


25 (3) 


Play, mode of... 


4 


1(1) 


Playing moving ball -■. 


9 


13 


Playing outside teeing-ground ... 


£8 


7 


Practice strokes 


27 


4(2) 


Pressing down irregular surface ... 


7 


10 


Priority on course 


4 


1(2) 


Putting-green. 
Definition of 






2 





X. 



INDEX. 





Page. 


Hule. 


.TMttmg-gieen— Continued. 






Ball displaced — outside agency ... 


11 


17(3) 


Falling into hole ... 


17 


32(1) 


Lodging in anj^thing moving 


10 


17(2) 


On lip of hole 


IS 


32(3) 


Balls within six inches 


17 


31(1) 


Casual water 


15 


27 (3, 4, 5) 


Conceding putts 


22 




Dung — removal of 


16 


28 (2) 


Flag-stick — removal of 


17 


32(1) 


Holing with own ball... 


:39 


S(l) 


Ice ... 


16 


28 {•>) 


Lifting ball nearer hole 


SI 


13 [3) 


Lifting loose impediments 


15 


28 (1) 


Lifting — player's ball in motion ... 


31 


13 [5) 


Line of putt — touching 


16 


28 (3) 


Mark — placing 


16 


29(1) 


Opponent's ball 






Displaced by player's ■ 


18 


32(2) 


Knocked into hole 


18 


32 (2) 


To he at rest 


16 


30 


Out of turn 


17 


31 (2) 


,, match play competitions ... 


22 


1 


Playing opponent's ball 


11 


20(1) 


Pointing out line 


16 


29(1) 


Practice before competition 


;?7 


4 {3) 


Pressing with club ... ... ... 


16 


28(2) 


Resting against flag- stick 


17 


32(1) 


Shielding ball from wind 


16 


29 (2) 


Snow — removal of 


16 


28(2) 


Standing at hole 


16 


29(2) 


Striking fellow-competitor's ball 


31 


13 [3] 


Striking flag-stick removed 


17 


32 (1) 


Striking flag-stick ... ... 


31 


13 {1) 


Stymie Rule 


22 


1 


Touching line of putt . . 


16 


29 (1) 


Wormcasts 


16 


28 (2) 


Pushing ball ... 


6 


5 


Putting, direction for 


16 


29(1) 


Referee, duties of ... 


19 


35 


Eemoving loose impediments 


8 


12 (1) 


Irregular surface 


7 


10 


Obstructions 


8 


11 


Rub of the Green 


10 


17(1) 




;?9 


10 (i) 


.Sand, ball covered by 


12 


22(2) 



INDEX. 





Page. 


Rule. 


Scores, how kept 


21 


5(1) 


Sheltering ... 


26 


3{1) 


Side, definition of 


1 




Sides 


4 


1 


Single Competitor 


26 


1(2 J 


,, ,, in ties 


27 


3 


Single player.. 


4 


1(2) 


Snow, removal of 


16 


.28 (2) 


Scraping ball... 


6 


5 


Spooning ball 


6 


5 


Stance, casual water interfering 


15 


27(4) 


, , in hazard 


13 


25(1) 


„ taking 


7 


10 


Starting, order of 


26 


1 [3] 


Steps, removable 


14 


25 (3) 


Stopping ball, another competitor ... 


29 


10 {1) 


,, ,, opponent, etc. 


11 


18 


„ „ player, etc. 


11 


19 


Stopping ball in motion 


10 


17 (1). 


Striking. 






Another competitor ... 


29 


10 [1) 


Ball twice... 


9 


14 


Flag-stick... 


31 


13 (1) 


,, removed ... 


17 


32 (1) 


Opponent, etc. 


11 


18 


Player, etc. 


11 


19 


Stroke, definition of 


2 




Stroke, how made 


6 


5 


Stymie Rule ... 


22 


1 


Tee, preparing after lifting 


30 


11 {1) 


Teeing, definition of 


3 




Teeing-ground, definition of 


1 




Ball moving ofi" tee 
Ball out of bomids from 


5 


2(1) 


12 


23 (1) 


Beginning match 


5 


2(1; 


Honour 


5 


2(2) 


Out of turn 


5 


2(1) 


Playing outside limits 


5 


2(1) 


55 55 


28 


7 


Terms used in game, definition of 


3 




Three-ball matches 


23,24 




Honour 


24 


4 


Lifting ball 


23 


1 


Moved ball 


23 


2 


Out of turn 


23 


3 


Striking opponent, etc. 


24 


5 



xn. 



INDEX. 



Threesomes, order of play- 
Ties, hoM' decided 

Through the green, definition of ... 
Touching Ball 

For identification 

Opponent's in searching 

Removing sand 
Touching line of putt ... 
Touching long grass, etc. 
Umpire, duties of 
Unplayable ball 
Vehicle, removal of 

Water 

Ball moving in 

Casual . . ... ... 

,, interfering with stance ... 

Hazard ... 
Waiving penalties 
Waiving Rules 
Wind 

Displacing hall 

Shielding ball from ... 
Winner 

Honour 

Stroke competitions ... 
Worm casts, putting-green 
Wrong ball, opponent's ... 
,, outside match 

Wrong hole, ball lying in 

Wrong information from opponent, etc. 



7 

]2 
12 
16 
12 
19 

6 

8 

14 

14 

15 

14, 15 

22 

22 

10 
16 

4 

5 

;?(J 
16 
11 
11 

:29 

8 

11 



9(1) 
22 (3) 
22 (2) 
28 (3) 
22(1) 
35 

6 
11 

26 

27 (2, 3) 
27(4) 

27 (1, 5) 
2 

3 

17(3) 

29(2) 

1 
2(2) 

28 (2) 
20(1) 
20(2) 

S {S, 3) 
11 
20(1) (6) 



